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FIA GT Nogaro - Brief Qualifying Report And Times Marcel Fässler took his fourth pole position of the year in the #5 Phoenix Carsport Corvette C6.R. The Swiss driver was fastest in Nogaro, where the eighth FIA GT weekend of the season takes place.
The opening stages of the session saw a surprising Saleen domination, with first Kumpen in the PK Saleen and later Greg Franchi in the #7 Larbre S7R on top of the listings. But few minutes before the end Marcel Fässler went round quickest of the bunch.
Franchi remained second, followed by Bouchut in the #3 SRT Corvette. Allan Simonsen, in the Gigawave Aston and Alexandre Negrao, in the Vitaphone Maserati completed the top-5. Kumpen finally scored a fine sixth position. The championship leaders, Bertolini and Michael Bartels were only 10th, two places behind the runner-up in the standings, the Phoenix pair Hezemans – Gollin. In GT2, ProSpeed Competition took its second FIA GT pole position ever in the eighth round of the FIA GT season. Richard Westbrook matche the Monza mark of his usual tam-mate Emmanuel Collard posting his first ever FIA GT polewas faster than the works Ferrari and so the British driver will start from pole for tomorrow’s race in his #61 Prospeed Competition Porsche 911 GT3 RSR. Westbrook has a new co-driver aboard the #61 car this weekend, Australian Alex Davison stepping over from Felbermayr Proton.
Richard Westbrook: “I’m surprised myself, because this morning in pre-qualifying we struggled to find the right balance and set-up. Nogaro is a very demanding track and it’s difficult to get a well-balanced car. But everything went right this time and I’m very happy to be on pole for the first time. It’s an enormous relief for the team after the bitter disappointment at Brno, where a race incident made an end to our race.” Joost Custers Qualifying Times 1
5 GT1 Marcel FASSLER Corvette C6.R
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